Networks

Networks

1. Advantages

   • software can be shared
   • hardware can be shared
   • data can be shared
   • networked computers can communicate
   • networked computers can be centrally controlled by a network manager
   • files sorted on a server allow for easier back-up schedules than if the files were stored on multiple computers

2. Dis-advantages

   • the cost of cabling and setting up can be high
   • networks can fail to work properly - causing loss of access to data, hardware and software
   • a virus can spread through a network very quickly(infecting each computer)
   • hackers may gain unauthorised access to files saved on a network computer